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E. LUFKIN. Lantern Hanger.

No. 234,045. Patented Nov. 2, I880.

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ATTORNEYS NJETERS. PHOTO LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN LUFKIN, OF MONROE, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDMUND H. NEALLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

LANTERN-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 234,045, dated November 2, 1880.

Application filed September 4, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN LUFKIN, of Monroe, Waldo county, Maine, have invented a new and Improved Lantern-Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved lantern-h anger for carriages and wagons which is simple in construction and convenient in use.

The invention consists in a wire frame held to the dash-board by a spring-arm, and provided with hooks for supporting a lantern and with a reflector.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is,

a front elevation of my improved lanternhanger, showing how the same is attached to the dash-board. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing it supporting a lantern 5 and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the reflector on line a m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A Wire is bent to form a curved or like arm, A, and a spring coil or spiral, B, is formed at I 2 5 each end of the arm, and the wire is then carried down straight to form the frame 0. At

the lower end of this frame the ends of the wire are bent at right angles, and the coils D D are formed, which have the tendency to press 0 the straight arms E E, provided with hooks F F at the ends, toward each other.

Wires G G, terminating in hooks H H, are

attached to the upper ends of the frame-wires C G, or to coils B B, and the hooks of the wires 3 5 are supported by a stiff brace, J J, attached to the frame-wires O O and to the hooks H, as shown.

A reflector, K, is attached to the framewires 0 O at or near the lower end of the same.

The lantern-hanger is used as follows: The 40 spring-arm A is drawn outward-that is, from the hooks H Hso as to admit the dash-board M of a Wagon or carriage between the springarm A and the frame-wires O. The lanternhanger is held to the dash-board by the press- 5 ure of the spring-arm A in the direction of the arrow at. The bail N of a lantern, L, is then hooked on the hooks H, and the arms E E are separated to admit the lantern between them; then when released they press against the frame of the lantern and hold it steady.

The within -described lantern hanger can easily be attached or detached, and can easily be stored under the seat when not in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. A lantern-holder made, substantially as herein shown and described, of a wire frame provided with a spring-arm for holding it to the dash-board and hooks for supporting and holding a lantern, and provided with a reflector, as set forth.

2. In. a lantern hanger for carriages or wagons, the combination, with the spring-arm A, of the wire frame 0, the arms E E, the hooked wires G, and the brace J, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

EDWIN LUFKIN.

Witnesses W. (3. GRANT, O. S. LITTLEFIELD. 

